RANUNCULACEX. I. Crematis. 5 
lago, and north of Africa; very common in hedges and bushy 
places, in the plains, and on the lower mountains ; in Britain espe- 
cially on a calcareous soil. Eng. bot. te 612. Curt. lond. fasc. 
4. t. 37. Jacq. aust. t. 308. Schkur. handb. 2. p. 1472. t. 151. 
Schrank hort. monac. 2. t. 108. C. sépium, Lam. fl. fr. 3. 
p. 306. 
Var. B, integrata (D. C. syst. 1. p. 139.) leaflets: with very 
few teeth or quite entire. Vitis nigra. Fusch. hist. 97, with a 
wood-cut. 
White-vine, or Traveller’s Joy. Fl. July to Sept. Brit. Sh. cl. 
16 C. crewierLora (D.C. syst. 1. p. 140.) leaves pinnate, 
clothed with yellow down; leaflets cordate, acute, sharply ser- 
rated; peduncles 3 or 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 
k.o. H. Native of Nipaul, about Narain-Hetty. Leaflets 3 
or 3, Flowers white, downy, purplish at the base on the out- 
side. 
Grenia-flowered Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Nov. Shrub cl. 
17 C. Bucnanta‘na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 140.) leaves pinnate, 
white-velvety underneath, and smooth above; leaflets cordate, 
acute, toothed ; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 
k.u. H. Native of Nipaul at Narain-Hetty. C. Buchanani, 
D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 191. C. Bucamara, Ham. MSS. 
Leaflets 3 or 5, Flowers white, downy. 
Buchanan’s Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Oct. Shrub cl. 
18 C. roasaronia (D. C. syst. 1. p. 140.) leaves ternate or 
quinate, sometimes simple, very villous; leaflets cordate, acumi- 
nate, lobed, grossly-serrated ; peduncles trifid, few-flowered, much 
shorter than the leaves. h. „H. Native of Nipaul. C. Bu- 
camara var. Ham. MSS. Flowers woolly, campanulate, with a 
revolute border. 
Loasa-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Oct. Shrub cl. 
19 C. CONNA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 4.) leaves smooth, pin- 
nate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, grossly serrated; pe- 
tioles dilated at the base, connate. h. u: F. Native of Nipaul. 
Flowers probably white. 
Connate~petioled Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
„20 C. Peruvia'na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 141.) leaves bipinnate, 
villous ; leaflets ovate, trifid, cut at the apex ; flowers somewhat 
panicled, polygamous ; peduncles longer than the leaves, furnished 
with bracteas. k. o S. Native of Peru. Stems purplish, and 
are as well as petioles pubescent. Flowers small, greenish-yellow? 
Peruvian Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
21 C. Monrevipe’nsts (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 667.) leaves ter- 
nate-pimnate, smooth ; leaflets divaricating, uvate-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, trifid; peduncles few-flowered, spreading, equal in 
length with the leaves; sepals spreading, lanceolate, villous. 
R. a S. Native of Monte-Video. Flowers white. 
Monte-Videan Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
; 2 C. CORDA`TA (Pursh, fl. am. sept. 2. p. 384.) leaves pinnate, 
eallets cordate, acuminated, lobed, or deeply-toothed ; pedun- 
es elongated, many-flowered ;. flowers dioecious in racemose 
panicles. kh. H. Native of Virginia, on high mountains. 
Leaflets 3 or 5. Flowers small, white. In general appearance 
It approaches near to C. vitdlba. 
29 drteeafletted Virgin’s Bower. Fl. July. Shrub cl. 
P. 36 y i ARIPE wsts (H. B. and Kunth nov. gen. et spe. amer. 5. 
quite , Jeaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, 5-nerved, 
panicled. a smooth ; pedicels and bracteas pubescent ; flowers 
places 2 'egcious, k. u S. Native of Cumana, in shady 
lets 5. TL aripa. C. Caracasàna, D. C. syst. 1. p. 141. Leaf- 
other a ioe owers white, sweet-scented. Differing from all the 
n cious species in the leaves being pinnate, not ternate. 
general appearance it is like C. vitálba. 
> vet Virgin's Bower. Fl, Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
l ` AFFINIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 3.) leaves pinnate ; 
eaflets oblohg acum i i 
, inate, acute, quite entire, pubescent beneath ; 
Leaflets 5. Flowers white, with a sweet almond scent. 
pericarps hairy. h. S. Native of Brasil, in the province of 
Minas Geraes, near Onca. Flowers white? Pericarps with fea- 
thery tails. Leaflets 5 or 7, stalked. 
Allied Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
§ 2. Flowers panicled Leaves ternate (f. 8.) or biternate. 
25 ©. Virernra‘na (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 275.) flowers panicled, 
dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cordate, acute, grossly-toothed 
or lobed. k.. H. Native of North America, from Canada 
to Florida, in hedges, and among small shrubberies on the sides of 
woods, and grassy banks of rivers. Wats. dend. brit. t. 74. C. 
Canadénsis, Mill. dict. no. 5. C. cordifolia, Moench suppl. 104. 
Alb. acad. ann. 1. p. 79. t. 7. Flowers small, white and fra- 
grant. In general appearance like C. vitdlba. 
Var. B, bracteata (D.C. prod. 1. p. 4.) leaflets ovate-lan- 
ceolate, entire. C. bracteata, Moench suppl. 103. 
Virginian Virgin’s Bower. Fl. June to Aug. Cit. 1767. Sh. cl. 
26 C. Caressya'na (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 736.) flowers 
panicled, usually dioecious; leaves biternate ; leaflets somewhat 
cordate, 3-lobed. kh. J. H. Native of South Carolina. Flow- 
ers small, white. Resembles C. /irginiana. The filaments of 
the female flowers are membranous and linear, without anthers. 
Catesby’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
27 C. Brasiria’na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 143.) flowers panicled, 
dioecious ; leaves 3-lobed, ternate or pinnate; leaflets stalked, 
ovate-lanceolate, entire or hardly toothed. k.. S. Native 
of Brasil. Deless. icon. sel. 1.t. 1. Leaves pubescent. Flowers 
small, white, fragrant. Resembles C. vitalba. 
Var. (3, láxa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 2.) stems slenderer; pa- 
nicles elegantly loose ; sepals narrower. 
Var. y, minor (St. Hil. |. c.) leaves, panicles, and bracteas 
smaller; bracteoles all linear, and are as well as the pedicels and 
ovaries villous; pericarps very villous. 
Var. 6, glabra (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves almost smooth. 
Brasilian Virgin’s Bower. Fl. July to Oct. Clt. 1823. Sh. cl. 
28 C. prorca (Lin. amen. 5. p. 398, spec. 765.) flowers 
panicled, dioecious ; leaves ternate, smoothish; leaflets ovate, 
cordate, acuminated, 3-nerved, entire; pericarps oval; pedicels 
pubescent. h. VY. S. Native of Jamaica.—Sloan. jam. 84. 
hist. 1. p. 199. t. 128. f. 1. Flowers white, fragrant. Resem- 
bles C. vitalba. 
Divecious Virgin’s Bower. Fl. May to July. Clt. 1733. Sh. cl. 
29 C. Mocin1a‘na; flowers panicled, dioecious; leaves pu- 
bescent ; leaflets stalked, cordate-ovate, bluntish, 3-nerved, quite 
entire ; sepals oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, about the length of 
the stamens, pubescent; pedicels pubescent. k. J. G. Native 
of Mexico. C. dioica Lamb herb. The whole plant pubescent. 
Flowers small, white, resembling those of C. vitalba. 
Mocino’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
30 C. era'sra (D. C. syst. 1. p. 143.) flowers panicled, 
dioecious; leaves ternate, very smooth; leaflets acuminated, 
3-nerved, quite entire; pericarps oval-oblong ; pedicels smooth. 
h. 5. Native of St. Domingo. Very like C. dioica. 
Smooth Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
31 C. Americana (Mill, dict. no. 14.) flowers panicled, 
dioecious ; leaves ternate or pinnate ; leaflets smooth, ovate, cor- 
date, 5-nerved, quite entire, acuminated; pericarps lanceolate. 
hk. V. S. Native of South America, Campechy, Guadaloupe, 
Martinico, and Jamaica. C. Guadalùpæ, Pers. ench. 2. p. 99. 
Panicle large. Flowers white. 
American Virgin’s Bower. Fl.?  Clt.? Shrub cl. 
32 C. Loureria'na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 144.) flowers pani- 
cled, dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, acute, very entire, 
usually 5-nerved; pericarps 80, bluntly trigonal. R.o G. 
Native of Cochinchina. Flowers white. 
